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Knights claim district win over Okanogan
ROYAL CITY — The Royal Knights (14-1-2) got the best of Okanogan Thursday evening with a 2-1 victory as they move …
Census data spurred GOP's largest partisan edge in decades
Fresh off sweeping electoral victories a decade ago, Republican politicians used census data to draw voting districts that gave them a greater political advantage in more states than either party had in the past 50…
EXPLAINER: How cryptocurrency fits into infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — What does Bitcoin have to do with roads and bridges?
Ex-Cuomo aide details groping as lawmakers meet in private
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawmakers took another early step toward Gov. Andrew Cuomo's possible impeachment Monday, hours after an
For Biden and senators, a sense that 'world was watching'
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden first announced the framework he'd reached with a bipartisan group of senators for
EXPLAINER: How do border policies affect US infection rates?
PHOENIX (AP) — As the delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some of President Joe Biden's critics blame the surge on his border policies, which allow some migrants to enter the country to a…
What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — For more than a century, one of Mississippi's largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the center of Greenwood, a Black-majority cit…
COVID vaccines to be required for military under new US plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the U.S. military will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning next month under a plan laid out by the Pentagon Monday and endorsed by President Joe Biden. In memos distribute…
Cuomo's top aide resigns as governor faces harassment furor
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Melissa DeRosa, a fixture next to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for months during his coronavirus news conferences, resigned late Sunday on the heels of a report that found Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women,…
Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors
DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bu…
Police pushback doesn't stop conservative gun law rollback
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest push to loosen gun laws in states across the U.S. has put police officers at odds with Republican lawmakers who usually trumpet support for law enforcement.
Senators push infrastructure bill a step closer to passage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators hoisted the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package over another hurdle late Sunday, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans pushing it closer to passage despite a few holdouts try…
'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called…
Dry Mendocino, California, pleads with tourists to conserve
MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on pic…
Hochul prepares for spotlight as Cuomo steps aside
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) —
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the